Word: swett
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...election night so naturally (just as the major networks are giving the New Hampshire senate race to Dick Swett) I head off for a Smashing Pumpkins concert. I'm as much of an political junkie as the next guy--I'm dying to find out how the Parental Rights Amendment fares in Colorado, and of course, what becomes of California's Proposition 215, the medical marijuana provision. Still, Billy Corgan only makes it to beantown so many nights a year...
When asked to respond to the national news networks' incorrectly declaring Democratic challenger Dick Swett the winner over Republican Sen. Robert Smith (R-N.H.), she said mistakes can take place when the media is pressed for answers...
...DICK SWETT (D) SENATE CHALLENGER...
BORN: May 1, 1957, Bryn Mawr, Pa. EDUCATION: Yale U, B.A., 1979 FAMILY: Wife, Katrina Lantos-Swett; seven children RELIGION: Mormon MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Architect, energy consultant POLITICAL CAREER: U.S. House, 1991-95 ADDRESS: 19 Bow Road...
...Swett, a moderate, was the first Democrat to win the Second District House seat in 78 years, in 1990. While a member of the House--before being beaten by the Second's current Representative, Charles Bass--he co-authored the Congressional Accountability Act, the first Contract with America law passed by the 104th Congress. An unusual campaigner, in his bid for the Senate Swett has spent days working jobs from lobsterman to factory worker to Dunkin' Donuts employee in order to get to know his constituents...